New CDC Testing Guidance “Came From the Top Down”
Over the weekend the CDC changed its guidance for COVID-19 testing. Previously, they advised that if you’ve been in close contact with someone who’s infected you should get tested. Now they say there’s no need for a test unless you have symptoms. This took everyone by surprise. Even if you have no symptoms, you might…
What Conservatives Really Mean When They Call for Law and Order
David Goldman/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Sunday, August 23, Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officers shot Jacob Blake several times in the back as he was climbing into his car where his three sons waited for him. According to news reports, the 29-year-old Black man had been…
How Can Liberals Expand Their Reach?
Anti-abortion marchers and abortion-rights supporters at the U.S. Supreme Court on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in January 2005.Pete Souza/TNS via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over at New York, Eric Levitz makes a familiar case: the Republican Party is crazy and the system…
LeBron James Just Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Fight Against Voter Suppression in Battleground Districts
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.If King James’ crossovers and dunks on Donald Trump in tweets and press statements weren’t enough to mobilize voters, the NBA star has another move: He’s leading a group of top athletes to fight voter suppression in heavily Black districts before the…
Hurricane Laura’s Storm Surge Is Predicted to be “Unsurvivable”
People prepare to board a bus for evacuation before the arrival of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 25, 2020.Andrew Caballero/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A 100-mile stretch from Texas to Louisiana is facing an “unsurvivable storm surge” as Hurricane Laura hurdles towards land…
New Study Suggests “Essential” Workers Are Not at Increased Risk of Dying from COVID-19
Via Tyler Cowen, here’s a remarkable finding from a team of researchers at Stockholm University. The authors looked at COVID-19 mortality data by occupational type to see how much difference it made to work in an “essential” job that required a lot of contact with the public. Here’s the result: On the left are occupations…